Coloured Blue For Easy Detection

Bearings specialist igus UK now offers a range of bearing products that are blue in colour for easier detection in the food and drinks industry. The new iglidur A350 polymer plain bearing material is FDA-approved (Food and Drug Administration USA) and the igubal polymer material can also be recognised by metal detectors; both materials are manufactured completely from tribo-optimised plastic

Unique Roman cavalry helmet pieced together 10 years after discovery

Exceptionally early example of Roman helmet to go on display after years of work piecing together thousands of fragments A silver-gilt Roman cavalry helmet of international importance has been pieced together at the British Museum, from thousands of fragments of corroded metal lifted in a block of mud from a Leicestershire hillside more than 10 years ago. The work has occupied a team of ...

EPRI Progress Regarding Development of Electric Industry Apps

EPRI has a research effort aimed at fully understanding the potential and limitations of portable electronic device technology in utility workspace and impact these devices may have on workforce, efficiency, and how to adapt work processes to fully take advantage of these devices. Some apps in development at EPRI include iCV contact voltage detector, iPQ power quality analyzer, data ...

Skiing: First glimpse of the resort that Putin built for the 2014 Winter Olympics

Russia's preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics are opening up new possibilities for skiers.

:: 20, Jan 2012 :: T-RAYS TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP DEVELOP STAR TREK-STYLE HAND-HELD MEDICAL SCANNERS

The scientists say that the T-ray scanner and detector could provide part of the functionality of a Star Trek-like medical "tricorder" - a portable sensing, computing and data communications device - since the waves are capable of detecting biological phenomena such as increased blood flow around tumorous growths.